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Division of Taxonomy & Biodiversity, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College Chennai Tamil Nadu 600034 IN

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Department of Zoology, St. Thomas College, Palai, Kottayam Kerala 686574 IN

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Department of Biosciences Jammu and Kashmir 185234 IN

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Xavier Research Foundation, St. Xavier’s College Palayamkottai Tamil Nadu 600072 IN

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Division of Taxonomy & Biodiversity, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College Chennai Tamil Nadu 600034 IN

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vijay.barve@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567 2025-12-24 eng First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml Observation GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 Jammu and Kashmir, India 74.94 74.94 33.705 33.705 2020-07-06 2020-07-06 family Sphingidae unknown Kuppusamy Sivasankaran Loyola College

Division of Taxonomy & Biodiversity, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College Chennai Tamil Nadu 600034 IN

ganesh_swamy2005@yahoo.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-231X 2025-12-24T23:32:29.498+00:00 dataset Riyaz M, Mathew P, Sheikh T, Ignacimuthu S, Sivasankaran K, Barve V (2025). First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus. Version 1.0. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lao_wit&v=1.0 Riyaz, M., Mathew, P., Shiekh, T., Ignacimuthu, S., & Sivasankaran, K. (2021). First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(7), 18943–18946.